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US Health Minister Alex Azar announced that the vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech against Covid-19 will be approved in the US in the coming days, and the first Americans may be vaccinated as early as Monday or Tuesday.more

Despite the lies spread on the Internet, I still believe that more than half of Poles will be able to vaccinate COVID-19 - said cardiologist, lipidologist, epidemiologist of heart and vascular diseases prof. Maciej Banach, director of the Institute of the Polish Mother's Health Center in Łódź.more

Another 21,672 coronavirus cases and 424 deaths have been recorded in the UK in the past 24 hours, according to government figures.more

Self-isolation for contacts of people with confirmed coronavirus will be shortened from 14 to 10 days across the UK from Monday. The change will also apply to people instructed to quarantine after returning from high-risk countries.more

Prime Minister Jean Castex announced the introduction of a curfew throughout France. It will be in force from December 15th between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. "We have not yet won the battle with the coronavirus," Castex said at a press conference.more

During the first year of operation, Abortion Without Borders received over 7,000. calls from 5.2 thousand people looking for information and support in terminating a pregnancy - informed Justyna Wydrzyńska from the organization Women on the Net. Almost half of the people contacted after the judgment of the Constitutional Tribunal on abortion.more

Health Secretary Matt Hancock has set out the next steps in the UK's vaccination programme - and revealed "tens of thousands of people" have already had the jab. But speaking in a Downing Street press conference, he warned that coronavirus would still be a threat "for the next few months" and urged everyone to continue obeying restrictions designed to stop the spread of Covid.more

Hopes have been raised after this week’s rollout of a coronavirus vaccine, but don’t ditch your face masks just yet, the Government’s chief scientific officer says.more

Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder wants to take more stringent national measures to combat the Covid-19 pandemic after Christmas. He calls for a "complete blockade" in Germany. The head of the German Hospital Society is also in favor of a "hard" lockdown - the BR24 portal informs on Thursday.more

The UK has recorded 20,964 more COVID-19 cases - a rise of 4,386 compared to yesterday's figure of 16,578.more

From Tuesday, UK coronavirus vaccinations, which are currently only taking place in designated 70 hospitals, will be extended to some clinics, it said Wednesday.more

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) says it has been hit by a cyber-attack and documents relating to a Covid-19 vaccine have been accessed.more

The United Kingdom recorded 16,578 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday and 533 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for the virus, according to official data.more

UK scientists are planning trials to see if giving people two different types of Covid vaccine, one after the other, might give better protection than two doses of one jab.more

People with a history of significant allergic reactions should not have the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid jab, regulators say. It came after two NHS workers had allergic reactions on Tuesday.more

New results on a possible COVID-19 vaccine from drugmaker AstraZeneca and Oxford University suggest it is safe and about 70 percent effective.more

"It's a terrible thing to tell people as the World Health Organization: don't hug. It's terrible. But it's a harsh reality in places like the United States right now," said WHO Crisis Director Dr. Mike Ryan at a press conference.more

Britain on Tuesday reported 12282 cases of COVID-19 and 616 deaths within 28 days of a positive test, according to official data.more

The most difficult issues in the Covid-19 immunization program launched today are transporting the vaccines as they require a very low temperature and distributing them to priority groups.more

Almost every second person employed in Germany now works from home. Only in this way can companies protect their employees from the virus. More than one in two employees rate their productivity in the home office as higher, according to research by Bitkom - reports the daily "Welt" and notes that less contact with superiors is a problem for only one in five German.more

Millions of free-range hens and other birds will have to be kept indoors from 14 December, in a national government crackdown to try to limit the spread of a virulent strain of avian flu across Great Britain.more

British politicians across the board said they were delighted to start vaccinating against Covid-19 on Tuesday morning. Britain became the first country in the world to vaccinate against this disease.more

The more time adults have to stay indoors during a pandemic, the greater the problem of alcohol abuse becomes. Scientists report about the problem in the American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse.more

The Ministry of Health announced 8,312 new cases of coronavirus infection on Tuesday. The ministry also said that 94 people died due to COVID-19, and 317 patients died due to the coexistence of COVID-19 with other diseases.more

Wales is the only part of the UK where the number of new coronavirus infections is not declining, the Welsh government admitted, adding that it did not rule out a new nationwide lockdown after Christmas.more